Half to ciierrick westbrook



Patented May 16, I899.

S. GRAY;

SHADE HANGER.

med'mr. 5, 1598 (Application (No Model.)

STATES ATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL GRAY, OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO OHERRICK VVESTBRO'OK, JR,, OF SAME PLACE.

SHADE-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,926, dated May 16, 1899.

4 Application filed March 5, 1898. Serial No. 672,776. (No model.)

ence being had to the accompanyin g drawings.

This invention relates more particularly to that class of shade-hangers which are made ofwire, and is designed to provide a hanger that while cheaply made will be found to be very convenient and durable in use.

To this end theinvention consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combinations of parts hereinafter described and then definitely claimed at the end hereof.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of part of a window with my improvement, part of which is represented as broken away. Fig. 2 is a side view of the hanger for the spring-pivot in position with the roller removed, but with part of the pivot in place. Fig. 3 is a similar view of another form of hanger which may be used on the opposite end of the roller, or it may be hung from a cord passing through a screw-eye set in the Window-frame. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the same.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by numerals, 1 indicates the spring roller, having a spring-pivot 2 at one end and a free pivot 3 at the other end, each of which has a hole 4., through which pass the hangers 5 and 0. The hanger 5 is made of wire, as shown, having a loop 7, through which is passed the screw 8 to fasten it to the frame, and an arm 9, that is passed through a hole 4 in the spring-pivot 2. This arm is threaded to receive a nut 10, which will hold the pivot in place. WVith this arrangement by slightly loosening the screw 8 the hanger can be lowered, and as the loop 7 is wider at top than below the hanger can be removed without taking out said screw. The screw, it will be seen, serves the double purpose of a fastening for the hanger and also as a stop to prevent the sash being raised too high. On the other end of the roller the pivot is set loosely in a hole bored in the roller, so that the latter turns on it. A hanger similar to that shown at the spring end of the roller may be used here also; but in some cases I propose to use hangers like that indicated by the numeral 6. In this case the hanger is provided with a vertical loop 11, a horizontal arm 12, and a nut 13 to keep the pivot in place. Hangers of this style maybe secured by screws to the top bead, as shown, or they may be hung from cords 16, passed through the loops, as shown in Fig. 3.

On each pivot I have shown a loose disk 14,

set between a collar 15 on the pivot and the hanger, which will be found very useful for keeping the shade from winding unevenly on the roller and from rubbing against the side bead. If the hanger 6 is used with a cord, as proposed above, the roller, being loose, will act as a traveler and prevent rubbing or scratching the paint or Woodwork of the window-casing.

What I claim as new is- 1. The combination with a roller-pivot havin g a hole therein, of a hanger provided with a vertical loop and a horizontal arm entering said hole, and a sleeve to hold said pivot 011 the arm, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a shade-hanger having a vertical loop and a substantially horizontal arm, of a roller, a pivot on which the roller revolves provided with ahorizontal hole to receive said arm, and an adj usting-nut to keep the pivot in its proper position, substantiallyas described.

3. The combination with a shade-hanger and a roller, of a pivot and a guiding-disk set thereon, the latter being arranged between the end of the roller and the hanger and next the end of said roller and revolving loosely on the pivot whereby the disk acts both as a guide for the shade and as an antifrictionroller toprevent the marring of the paint, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 2d day of March, 1898.

SAMUELv GRAY.

WVitnesses:

OnAs. II. HOLLINGER, F EDERIOKM. OTT. 

